Angels of Ashes - Scott Walker

The Angels of Ashes

Will give back your passions

Again and again

Their light shafts

Will reach through the darkness

And touch you my friend

They’ll fly in a mind dance

And blind you with wings

Wrapped in flame

If you’re down to an echo

They just might remember

Your name

In the unbroken darkness

Where emptiness empties

Alone

There’s no starting or stopping

Where there is no right or No wrong

Well that’s all right for some

Who can hang the absurd

On their wall

If your blind hands can’t grope

Through these measureless waters

You’ll fall

You’ve been following patterns

And fleeting sensations

Too long

And the fullness that fills up The pulse of durations

Is gone

Let the great constellation

Of flickering ashes

Be heard

Let them burn with a fire

All it takes to confess

Is a word, just a word

I can recommend angels

I’ve watched as they’ve made a man strong

Oh so strong

If your humbleness shows

Then I’m sure that they’ll take you

Along

You can tell them who sent you

It might help to get you

Above

You can say that he laughed

And he walked like St. Francis

With love